Manifolding account-book.



No.773-,064. I PATBNTED 0GT.25,1904.-

U. G.YDAUGHERTY.

MANIFOLDING ACCOUNT BOOK.

APPLICATION TILED, JAN. 16. 1903.,

no xomiL.

. wen /3,064. Patented October 25, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ULYSSES GRANT DAUGHERTY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO NA- TIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW J ERSEY,

A. oonronnrron on NEW JERSEY.

MANIFOLDING ACCOUNT-BOOK.

SPECIFIOATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 773,064, dated October 25, 1904..

Application filed January 16, 1903. Serial No. 139,250. (No model.)

. all whom it y COW/081%: by aflexible hinge a to the lower or inner end Be it known that I, ULYssEs GRANT DAUGH- of this back is a cover B, also of cardboard ERTY, a citizen of the United States, residing or suitable material adapted to fold over the at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and front of the book and protect the sheets when 5 State of Ohio, have invented certain new and not in use.- Also attached at the inner end of usefulImprovements in ManifoldingAccountthe back A is a leaf-section O, comprising a Books, of which I declare the following to be number of leaves adapted to receive the origia full, clear, and exact description. I nal entries and which for convenience may be This invention relates to that class of rnanicalled the originals. I folding account-books which are so construct- At the outer end of the back A there is ated as to admit of an entry of certain memotacheda block F, of cardboard or any stiff randa upon a single sheet which is retained" material of thickness corresponding with the within the book and at the same time by means leaf-section O and extending across the entire I of a manifolding sheet or sheets permits a end of the cover, as shown in Fig. 1. Fas- 5 copy or copies of these memoranda to be entened to this outer end of the back A and resttered upon a sheet or sheets which are adapted ing upon the block F is another leaf-section, to be detached from the book. D, comprising various leaves on which the The object of my present invention is to .original memoranda may be duplicated; as provide a manifolding account and sales book hereinafter described. Theseleaves of theleaf- 5 20 in which certain portions of the memoranda section D are all perforated at their upper entered upon the original sheet will not be ends near where they are bound together, as at I transferred to the duplicate sheet and in which 6, so that they may be easily detached from the that part of the original sheet which bears bookaftertheduplicationhastaken place. Inthese memoranda may be detached and ,reterposed between the two leaf-sections O and 7 5 tained as a cashiers voucher. Such detached D is a support E, which gives greater rigidity portions of the original sheetsmay be used to the writing -surfacc, assists in lifting the toadvantage in connection with a cash-regisleaf-section D, and forms-a better support for ter by depositing them therein as certain spesaid leaf-section when the greater part of the cial transactions are registered or recorded. leaf-sectionChas been withdrawn from under- 3' For this purpose I employ an original sheet neath,which willoccur when the bookis nearly comprising two portions, a main portion and exhausted. Above the leaf section D and a coupon portion, and this coupon portion is bound therewith at the outerend is a flexible adapted to have entered upon it certain priapron or flap J, of paper or other thin matevate memoranda for retention'by the prorial, which extends down over a portion of 35 prietor, and these private memoranda are prethe duplicate leaves D, and above this flap vented from being transferred to the dupliand also attached at the outer end is a manicate sheets by means of a flexible apron or folding carbon-sheet G, which extends over flap'of thin material interposed between this the entire length of the duplicate leaf-section coupon and the-duplicate sheets. 7 A binding-strip H, extending across the 5 4 In the accompanying'drawings, Figure 1 width of the book, as shown in Fig. l, is represents a perspective view of the entire placed overthe outer end of the carbon-sheet book ready for use. Fig.2 represents a dia- Gr. By means of staples 0 this binding-strip grammatic longitudinal section of the book. H, the carbon-sheet G, the flap J, the leaf- In the accompanying drawings, A represection D, and the block F are all firmly 9 45 sents the back of the book, which may be of bound together at the outer-end of the back A. cardboard or any suitable material. Attached As is seen in Fig. 1, the leaf-section D does not extend the entire length of the book, but G.

is cut off in such a manneras to leave exposed Then the items of this transaction are entered upon the main portion M and the toacertain margin dof the leaf-section (1, which 1 tal of this transaction is added to the past acmargin may be used to carry forward the amount of the past account. Each original leaf comprisesa main portion M and a coupon portion S, the coupon portion being separated from the main portion by a weakened line or suitable perforations p. Upon the main portion may be written the name of the purchaser, the date, and the details and amount of the transaction. In cases where these books are used as a bookkeeping system wherein each customer is provided with a special book, then the amount of each transaction may be added to the total amount due on previous transactions, and this record of the total amount may be transferred to the next original sheet for reference in carrying forward the amount of past account. The coupon portion S of the original leaf is reserved for whatever private information connected with each transaction the proprietor may wish to retain. Since it is essential that this private information should not be transferred to the duplicate sheets, the flap J is interposed beneath the entire coupon, but between the manifolding-sheet and the duplicate sheet, so that none of the memoranda entered upon the coupon will be transferred to the duplicate sheet, or the flap may be of such length that only a portion of the memoranda upon the coupon will be prevented from transferring to the duplicate sheet, as indicated by the dot-and-dash line m in Fig. 1. That part of the duplicate sheet which is below the flap may be used for printed advertising matter or for some similar purpose. Since this flap J is situated beneath the carbon-sheet G and is concealed from the view of the customer, it is not apparent'to the customer that any of the memoranda which is being entered upon the original sheet is not transferred to his own duplicate sheet. Furthermore, the flap does not have to be of heavy material in order to prevent the transfer, which it would have to be if it were situated above the carbon-sheet; but being situated between the carbon-sheet and the duplicate sheet it may be of very thin and flexible material, and a further advantage of this flexibility is obtained in that the flap will naturally bend itself downward, so as always to lie perfectly fiat upon the duplicate sheets even though a number of them have been detached from the book at the perforation-line B.

In using the book the total amount of the past account is written upon the margin (Z of the original page following. Then when the next transaction takes place this next original leaf is withdrawn from under the leaf-section D and is folded over uponthe carbon-sheet count, ready to be carried forward to the margin (Z of the following page. At the same time the private memoranda relating to this transaction are written upon the coupon S; but while the memoranda on the main portion M are transferred to the duplicate sheet D through the medium of the carbon-sheet G the memoranda upon the coupon S are not transferred to the sheet D because of the interposition of the flap J. Then the coupon S is detached from the main portion and is retained by the proprietor for his private use, or where this book is used in connection with a cash-register this coupon is placed in the drawer of the cash-register to make a complete record in the cash-register to show that certain goods have been sold 011 account. The duplicate sheet D is then detached and given to the customer. By this joint cooperation of the coupon S and the flap J the proprietor is enabled to make an entry of his private memoranda in connection with each transaction, may detach these memoranda from the main portion of the original sheet, and does not have these memoranda duplicated upon the customers slip, and therefore all that remains in the book is a complete summary of the customers account con'iprising the same data that is upon the various duplicate slips.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is as follows:

1. In a manifolding account-book, the combination with an original sheet comprising a main part and a coupon part separated by a weakened line, of a duplicate sheet extending under both said main part and said coupon part, a carbon-sheet interposed between said original sheet and said duplicate sheet, and flexible means located beneath both said carbon-sheet and said coupon part but extending only beneath said coupon part to prevent the duplication of memoranda written on said co upon part.

2. In a manifolding account-book, the combination with an original sheet comprising a main part and a coupon part separated by a weakened line, of a duplicate sheet extending under both said main part and said coupon part, a carbon-sheet interposed between said original sheet and said duplicate sheet, and a flexible flap located beneath both said carbon-sheet and said coupon part but extending only beneath said coupon part to prevent the duplication of memoranda written on the coupon part.

3. A manifolding account-book consisting of a lower leaf-pad composed of a plurality of leaves each of which consists of a main part retained within the book, and a detachable coupon part; an upper leaf-pad composed of randa on said coupon part, substantially as a plurality of detachable duplicate leaves; a described. IO carbon-sheet extending over the detachable In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in duplicate sheet; and a flexible flap bound tothe presence of two witnesses.

5 gether with said duplicate leaves and situated v "ULYSSES GRANT DAUGHERTYL beneath both said carbon-sheet and said cou- Witnesses: pon part but extending only beneath said cou- )HAS. R. GILLIES,

pon part to'prevent a duplication of 'memo- J. B'. HAYWARD. 

